Header attachment for binder-equipped harvesters.



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M. TUFTY & J. M. SCH'OBDBR. HEADER ATTACHMENT Eon BINDER EQUIPPED HARVESTERS.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 22, 1913.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

M. TUFTY & J. M. SGHOEDER. HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDER EQUIPPED HARVESTERS.

APPLICATION 'FILED NOV. 22, 1913.

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TINTE` STATES PATENT ITFICE.

MARTIN TUFTY AND JOHN M. SCHOEDER, OF KENNEDY, NORTH DAKOTA.

HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDER-EQUIPPED HARVESTERS.

Application filed November 22, 1913.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, MARTINTUFTY and JOHN M. SCI-rosolia, citizens of the United States, residing at Kennedy, in the county of Hettinger and State of North Dakota, have` invented certain new and useful Improvements in Header Attachments for Binder-Equipped Harvesters; and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide a header attachment for binderequipped harvesters, and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

Under certain conditions, it is very desirable to use a binder in harvesting grain, and, under other conditions, it is desirable to use a header. As these two machines are constructed entirely independent one from the other, very few farmers have both. By the use of our invention, the binder attachment of a harvester maybe removed, at will, and our header attachment substituted therefor.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout' the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear end elevation of a harvester having incorporated therein our invention, some parts being removed and some parts being broken away. and the binder attachment being indicated bv dotted lines;` Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the header attachment removed from the harvester; Fig. 3 is a lougitudinal vertical section taken centrally through the header attachment; and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the same.

Of the parts of the harvester illustrated for the purpose of this case, it is only neces# sary to note the main frame 1, bull wheel 9., grain wheel 3, platform 4, platform conveyer 5, and the inclined elevator arranged to receive from the platform convever and comprising coperatingupper and lower endless conveyer belts 6 and 7 respectively.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

serial No. 802,396.

This -elevator extends transversely of the machine, and its upper or delivery end ter minates directly above the bull wheel 2.

The binder attachment is indicated, as an entirety, by the numeral 8, with the exception of the driven sprocket 9.

The driving connections from the bull wheel to the platform conveyer, elevator and binder attachment are as follows :-A sprocket chain, not shown, runs over a large sprocket wheel 10 on the axle of the bull wheel 2 and a relatively small sprocket wheel 11, on one end of a shaft 12, journaled in bearings 13 on the frame 1. On the other end of the shaft 12 is a beveled gear 14 which meshes with a beveled pinion 15 ona counter shaft 16, journaled in bearings on the frame 1. A sprocket chain 17 runs over the sprocket wheel 9 and alined sprocket wheels 18 and 19 on the counter shaft 16 and rollers 7 of the conveyer belt 7, respectivelv. 'The section of the sprocket chain 17 between the sprocket wheel 18 and the upper sprocket wheel 19 is indicated bv dotted lines. In actual usage. a suitable belt tightener for the sprocket chain 17 will be provided. The platform conveyer 5 is driven from the lower roller 7n bv an intermediate spur gear Q0, journaled in bearings on the platform 4 and meshing with spur pinions 21 on the inner roller of the platform conveyer 5 and the lower roller 7. To the upper ends of the sides of the frame of the conveyer belt 7 is secured a pair of laterallv spaced metallic plates 22, having verticallv alined hinge lugs to which the so-called wings of the harvester, not shown, are secured. As is well known, these Wings are provided for guiding the grain from the elevator to the binder. Journaled in the plates 22, between the deliverv end of the elevator and the binder. is a roller 24 which is driven from the upper roller 7 bv an intermediate gear 25 journaled to one of the plates 22 and meshingr with pinions, not shown, on the rollers 7 and 24. The parts thus far mav be of the standard or anv desired construction.

In applving our invention to a binderequipped harvester. the binder attachment is removed therefrom and the cutting mechanism elevated, so as to cut only the` thereby. From the delivery belt 42G, theV heads of grain are deposited in a wagon box or other receptacle driven along one side of the harvester, asis customary withl all headers.

The delivery belt 26 Ais mounted on upper and lower rollers 27 and 28, respectively, journaled in the laterally spaced sides of a frame 29. Said sides are'connected by transversebars 30 extended between the upper and lower sections of the delivery belt V.26. To theinner'faces of the sides-of the frame 29 are secured longitudinally extended rails 31, which support the upper or operative section of the ydelivery beltf26. The'frame 29 is detachably secured to the frameI of the conveyer belt 7 by dependinglugs 32, rigidly secured tothe lower ends ofthe sides'of the frame 29 and insertible-throughthe'lugs 23. Oblique rods 33 are provided for supporting the outer end portion of the-frame29 `from the machine frame l. The'upper ends of the rods 33 are pivotally secured to the sides' of the framel 29, and their lower ends are provided with bifurcated heads^3-l, the prongs of which embrace the frame 1. The delivery belt 26 is driven by th'esprocke't'chain 17, which runs" over a sprocket wheel 35 on the roller 27 It isimportant to note that the sprocket wheels 9 and 35 are so located that the sprocket chain 17 can run over either thereof without changing? the operative length thereof. To remove'the header attachment,it is'- only necessary to remove the sprocket chain 17 from' the sprocket' wheel 35 and lift the device bodily from the harvester.

A hood 36 isA securedl to the upper longitudinal edges of the sidesvv of the framev 29 and extends over substantially three-fourths of the entire operative surface of the delivery belt 26. The space between the upper surface of the belt 26 and the hood 36 affords an* accumulation chamber 37, the purpose o'fwhich 4willY presently appear. Pivotally secured to'ithe delivery end of the frame 29 is a horizontally extended receptacle 3S', eccentrically located, withrespect to the roller 28, and affording a gate at the delivery end of the accumulation chamber 37. The outer end ofthe hood 36 is curved laterally downward" and extends into' the gate' 38, as best shown'in Fig. 3.' An operating lever 39 is provided for oscillating the gate 33 and is' pivotally mounted, at'I its lower end, onv the trunnion of the roller 27. A long` link-40 connects-the intermediate portion of the' lever 39 to the gate 38.

Thejpurpose of the accun'nilation-y chamb'e'r 37 and gatel 38 istoV holdtheiheads; of

grain and prevent the discharge thereof while the machine is turning corners. often happens that, while the machine and wagon for receiving the heads of grain are turning corners, they get out of proper relation, one to the other, so that considerable grain is'lost by falling on theground.

l/Vhat we claim is l. In a harvester, the combination with an endless conveyer belt, of a hood overlying a part of said belt and extendingtdthe delivery portion thereof, to afford an accumulation chamber, anda gate at the delivery end of said belt.

2. In a harvester, the combination with an endless conveyer belt, ofl ahood overlying` a part of said belt and extending to the delivery portion thereof, to afford anV accum`ulation chamber, and a pivoted receptacle, af` fording a gate at the delivery end of said belt, for holding the grain delivered from said belt.

3. In a harvester, the combination with an endless'conveyer, of a hood overlying a part of said belt and extending, to the delivery portion thereof, to afford an accumulation chamber, ai pivoted receptacle, affording a gate at the deliveryA end of said belt, for holding the Agrain delivered from said belt, and means for o'scillatingsaidl gate.

4E. A harvesterhaving a main frame,-a bull wheel, driving connections" from said bull wheel, including' a sprocket wheel, a platform conveyer, an inclined endless cnveyer belt, arranged to receive from 4said Aplatform"conveyer and extending oversaid bull wheel', and sprocket wheel equipped rollers, on which said inclined conveyer is mounted, in combination with a delivery conveyer, arran'gedto receive fromk said inclined conveyer and to deliver to one side of said harvester, of upper and lower rollers on which said delivery conveyer is mounted, a

sprocket wheel on said lower roller,- a

sprocket chain arranged torun over all of said sprocket wheels, a hood overlying a part of said delivery conveyer and extending to the delivery portion thereof, to afford an accumulation chamber, and a gate at the delivery end of said delivery conveyer.

5. A harvester having a main frame, a bull wheel, driving connections from said bull wheel, including a sprocket wheel, a platform conveyer,lanfinclined endless conveyer belt, arranged to receivey from said conveyer belt and extending over said bull wheel,A and sprocket wheel equipped rollers on whichsaid inclined conveyer is mounted, in combination with a delivery conveyer, arranged to receive froml said inclined cony veyer and detachablyy securedtofthe frame thereof, of upper and lower rollers on which said delivery conveyer is mounted, a sprocket' wheel on said lower roller, a sprocket chain arranged to run over all of said sprocketl 13e wheels, a hood overlying a part of said de- In testimony whereof We ax our signalivery conveyer and extending to the detures in presence of two Witnesses.`

livery portion thereof, to afford an accumu- MARTIN TUF TY.

lation chamber, a pvoted receptacle aford- JOHN M. SCHOEDER. n 5 ing a gate at the delivery end of said de- Witnesses:

livery conveyer, and lever connections for JOHN SCHoEpER,

oscillating said gate. OSCAR HovE.

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